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Writing
Writing Formats
Grammar
Communicating
Miscellaneous
100
Thinking about the receiver's position, knowledge, and point-of-view.
What is assessing the audience?
100
the writing pattern that places the main idea first
What is direct?
100
It modifies a noun
What is an adjective?
100
the belief in the superiority of one's own culture
What is ethnocentrism?
100
Words that show the relationship between ideas, within a sentence or between sentences and paragraphs.
What are transitional words?
200
the next step after you write your first draft
What is revising or editing?
200
A type of communication that does NOT require a closing signature
What is a memo?
200
a joiner - a word that connects two parts of a sentence
What are conjunctions?
200
A website with journal entries
What is a blog?
200
What the red squiggly line under a word means
What is a spelling error?
300
The first question you ask yourself before you start to write
What is my goal or what do I want to achieve?
300
the last sentence that should appear in most business communications
What is a closing or good will closing?
300
When a writer joins two independent clauses with a comma
What is a comma splice sentence?
300
140 or fewer characters
What is a text message?
300
using direct quotes or paraphrasing another person's writing without citations or acknowledgment
What is plagiarism?
400
Gathering information before you start writing
What is research?
400
conversational but professional
What is the correct tone?
400
a consistent format for all the lines in a bulleted list
What is parallel format?
400
The most attention getting word you can use
What is you or your?
400
The best channel to use when you need to keep a permanent record and you need to ensure privacy
What are paper-based communications?
500
The new simpler and more accessible writing style
What is Plain language?
500
It should be informative
What is the subject line of a memo or email?
500
It needs to agree with the verb
What is the subject?
500
The communication channel that is best for persuasive, bad news and personal messages
What is face-to-face?
500
A punctuation mark used between two independent (or main) clauses) joined by a coordinating conjunction
What is a comma?